district to create a viable corridors across the city 25 neighborhoods with or selected so there a very long progress 3 things social capital and economic opportunity and needs in those neighborhoods as you can see they were selected for multiple reasons you might ask the theory behind our work 4 major components one to provide services and programs to the businesses to make sure the businesses are thriving this is denouncing so the corridors have the resources from our office second is high quality of life to make sure those districts have a programming program services from the various departments that deal with graffiti and crime and other associated concerns and needs

another component to assure those corridors have the good sidewalks and good awning and the trees thing that actually make a state more toxic to additional foot traffic to make sure the foot traffic is supported another component is strong community capacity this piece for us we find to be important because if we have a stronger community groping group they can let us know what the needs are in the neighborhood you might ask for examples this is a look at examples this is a handful for example, for the existing loan programs to provide to small businesses in the corridors and those funds are available citywide for event and activities and pro tem's and captions and so forth quality of life crime

preservation working with the sfpd and people tricked to those conditions we have a facade program and straight improvements and strong capacity to make sure there's a benefits district or a strong merchant group in the neighborhood you mate ask how do we make 24 happening we have baseline services they're all the services in the neighborhood so sfm someone at city hall like us we're working closely with the merchant groups to provide the leadership in the neighborhood and we have a tracking system and muni grant and a job squad two members go out and blanket the neighborhood and talk with the citizens and

share information from various departments and it's a way to collect information. >> may i ask a quick question i want to make an announcement we have a car that's going to be towed it is a white car it will be towed by the police. >> the despair if we try we could turn everything off your director knows what she's doing sorry to interrupt. >> so based on the services in some cases their citywide second element of our work is the assessment the profiles so

in partnership with the planning department and the local plans we developed an assessment a quick snapshot of the commercial district in terms of what is currently there back in 2012 when those were produced so the democrat graphic data there were interviews done with stakeholders to see the needs noting in the neighborhood i encourage you to look at them go to investment.org you can find all the profiles on line through the profiles the baseline service and also our community engagement we learned about the needs of the neighborhood so based on those needs we find out we developed customized services their diluted based on the needs of the neighborhood we've heard from merchant groups and

resident groups those are examples for example, we have again, i mentioned the six program we target the cords for a need for physical improvements those facilities we make sure they are aware to upgrade the businesses to have a lawsuit we go to neighborhoods and work with businesses that are in the neighborhood or neighborhood that needs to build capacity so this those are the 3 elements the baseline services and the community engagement and the development of the services this is how we dloil all 25 neighborhoods i'm going to turn it over to my colleague to talk about the service line for the lower 24th. >> thank you. >> hi good afternoon, everyone

and commissioners okay so today is an example one of our 25 commercial corridors in the latino cultural district is an example of the services we have a tailored to a neighborhood but before we get into that i want to say our relationship with the neighborhoods began and i want to highlight some of the accomplishments in working with the neighborhoods association before the investment neighborhoods including the economic development report on our website through the lower 24th we work with the community and came up studied the area and came up with the data and have recommendations based on the needs out of that a strategic

plan put in place that the community helped to implement including the trees replanting and sidewalk reconstruction and alley repaving so some of the examples that came out of our partnership with the merchant association so now the investment neighborhood boundary in terms of the commercial cord is the burgundy you see on the street and follows 24th up to katrero after the district that was acknowledged by the board of supervisors it is katrero avenue and caesar chavez so the entire area you see on the screen my colleague talked about the neighborhoods we talked about the neighborhood profile we look

at data across the board to compare corridors and from the data big part of that actually is talking to the community and 4th of july what the proprietors are so out of that is the customized service plan gets developed so for lower 24th it the strengthening for the technical things came out of a strong priority in the neighborhood in providing the technical assistance to the existing businesses and in addition the strengthening of the cultural corridor to strengthen the corridor for the economy and the quality of life for the neighborhood some of the identified needs include the access to small business programs and in spanish

to make our programs not only in translating the language and the flyers and things like that but building relationships with the community that was important not only making it assessable by translating documents and expiring short time leases it is a huge concern in the neighborhood many of our businesses 6 years ago when the economy was down the rents are increasing so that's a huge concern the increasing rents and the airbnb losses is causing businesses to be displaced they get suited and can't make the improvements the changing market and the competition 80 how to

parking meter with the new businesses in terms of the krltd aspect beyond our businesses we have very strong institutions in the neighborhood that contribute to the fabric of the neighborhood we also wanted to address those and not ignore those in addition it builds the whole economy of the district and fabric to be included they're not businesses they're not part of our entire strategy so we're extending some of the same things we're seeing in businesses in the nonprofits and the institutions and extending those services to them so specific some of the programs were some of the needs we created services that tailored to those we've been providing pro-bone services to the businesses that want to negotiate their leases and we are also, we have ada we offer

free intersection? >> to businesses to know how to be compliant and we've concluded 18 inspectors on 24th street and identified 3 meditations projects we'll be working on and in general we provide referrals and assistance and go door to door we created a very comprehensive business centralizing program we understand that sometimes changed is not easy for businesses we must go to them and fidget wasn't they need and trailer it and provide them with a menu of different options we create a one-on-one consultant with those businesses

so as i mentioned culture preservation is strong for the neighborhood and for the city so some of the things and programs that based on those needs have come up and the importance those are some of the projects and the funding sources we've allocated for the district to help support those efforts so the latino right now there's a citywide cultural complexity e context statement that collects the information for the latino through our preservation committee through our office it's about a year and a half long process in documenting the history of the latinos that's an important document that helps to support 24th street we also the board of supervisors approved the resolution in may on may 20th to recognize the latino cultural district and the

boundary i showed earlier as a followup to that we wanted to support those efforts and engage the community in a dialog about accident goals and missions for the district that's part of our customized service that a latino cultural will district t is what the community prioritize so we're going that process and that's been funded through our office and also in an effort to support those efforts because a lot of components to it a lot of information to be looked at the supervisor provide an advocate to do a study so whatever comes out of the engagement process and in addition, we heard the mural preservation is huge on 24th street along with the banners i look for there's 26

banners among 24th street representing the you countries theirs the devil is in the details difficult to see and been worn by the weather we're committed to restoring them and to finalize this part of the presentation we have a process that began in july and we had our first kickoff meeting but this is community meetings and stakeholders will have a survey to collect the input from the greater neighborhood out of this we expect the latino cultural district plan that helps the stakeholders to have a guide they didn't does have a finding of the information that was collected of missions and goals and will prioritize activities and have recommendations on key

strategies based on everything that was collected that at this point in time i'm going to invite my deputy director if he wants to see give points >> hi commissioners deputy director of the department of workforce development i lead mayor lee's investment in neighborhoods it's a pleasure to be here we have two important areas of the commission both of the colleagues, we have a tailored approach how we engage that the community we learned in some of our meetings that we were at we had to make sure that we were truly listening through the community listening process all organizations investment in neighborhoods is committed to the idea we want to be part of the positive changes to the shooiment environment in which

the community wants to be replaced open the streets it lives and plays and walks and raises their children what's familiar and not familiar we as a city are listening to them and come up with pro-active seclusions whether or not we're talking about a business or facade or talking about a cultural institution or insuring that poetry that lives and breaths is included in the resolution we co-sponsor with the supervisor to meeting people where they are with the programs we create you've heard a little bit today we are doing that and not only that with the language we speak but with the money we have to lead the planning process on behalf of the community we're committed it that and always make sure that's exactly what we are doing and we're committed to seeing the

process through and we're looking at to the strategies and plans and tools the community wants us to pursue to strengthen and persevere one of the most vibrant areas in the city thank you (clapping.) colleagues we're going to hear from eric the president felt adequate restraining order council he's going to talk about the latino cultural district. >> thank you all for collaborating with you it's important it's key about the panel it is at a later date to the existing community and that is an important aspect of it i want to highlight that just a little bit about who we are ems the adequate restraining order has been officially called the latino district and this

designation because of the gent indication was to preserve the culture in the area they've been a center for the creation of art and music and cultural event and the chavez festival and bombing alley and more we have 12 businesses that are legacy businesses that have been in the neighborhood for thirty years and the anchors of the corridor one hundred and thirty merchant 77 are of latino descent we have the highest concentration on 12 blocks and the mayor movement in san francisco and hope home to the low riders classic car shows over thirty years we've got

flags representing latino communities and we have the theater for the women of the artists and the artists house and that really shows the rich culture we have in the area our council is a coalition of merchant and youth and nonprofits and arts organizations we have gun active for 16 years some past projects is clean up for the local use from the boys and girls club and complete capital improvement for music always for families we engaged the process to choose the next generation of trees own 24th street we had a 24th street beautification project funded by itself mayor's office beautification fund it included the planter boxes and sweep

sweeping in clauks collaboration with the boys and girls club we worked in collaboration with the ambassador program and so a that's who we are and some of the things we've done and currently moving to making sure our businesses and music and culture are preserved for the health and well-being for the folks of the future thank you for having us (clapping.) so colleagues, we have learned about the efforts here in the neighborhoods and support the local community from eric about the adequate restraining order latino cultural district and we have in front of us to support those for reasons we've brainstormed around in working with an arrest warrant raw of folks the resolution you have attached and the idea is that

when a lot of people learn about invest in the neighborhoods or the works that eric and councilmembers people night not think that's environmental but it is it is sustaining a community and st. patrick a culture and sustaining stories some of which we learn through the process there's an environmental tradition it might not be called environmentism it is called for example on balm i didn't alley a street above with 24th that had trash build ufl up families removed the trash so the children have a more educational way to get to school we call that zero trash but folks that were engaged called it family for opportunities this is an opportunity to embrace this there is last thing

it supports and calls this auto as an environmental measure changes in the mission it is where the communities deal with the environmental health hazards and lending our support to provide benefits and do what we can to make that happen. >> so colleagues questions or comments thank you very much everybody that was a phenomenal presentation. >> colleagues commissioner king. >> i'm definitely in support of this oftentimes we talking about the environment and the people that are here also part of the investment this is i want to it ticked me off when they chopped down the huge wool tree on buchanan they were remodeling

the projects i loved that wool tree i look at the traditional ways that neighborhoods change i'm not happy with we're trying to preserve some of the parks and natural areas we love we need need to preserve those neighborhoods in the fashion we grew up they're important too (clapping) i never want to come to a san francisco that's all one thing that's what that's why makes this place special the minute we've lost that we've a lot of the a part of our soul so as much we want to protect the areas this includes the culture areas as well (clapping.) colleagues. >> all right. questions i had one quick question and it maybe already happening you're talking

about the engagement with the local merchants and businesses and families i'm wondering to which stent the relationship is fostered around your green program to do that as part of the joint effort is that something that's already happening or. >> well again, the approach to invest in neighborhoods it regretting the desires the community when we introduced the program with our staff and community members is the maybe not the right time to discuss or label this latino district as a green district but certainly is the members that are walking the streets making sure that merchant were aware of the opportunities they could pursue that are available in the program and we're describing this information on behalf of

the department for businesses that want to take advantage of that and is available. >> thank you commissioner king it's a wonderful opportunity as we reach out to the communities and change agents particularly like you know us we know you, we can reach out to them as we start to saturate the city we think that both good green business and good green for the environment and as well as green in our pocketed we'll be able to save you open your energy bills so on and so forth whether to the level we like you to do it at this point that's fine but i expect us to be large partners being able to reach out to you to make sure that community gets

the full benefit of the things that the department of the environment does (clapping.) go ahead commissioner king in district 4 reached out to us because she wants to make sure that 5 of our businesses are sifted we're in partner with her office to make sure that this program also, we have another program called retail we're encouraging our businesses to be healthy businesses and sat down to make sure that the businesses are aware of the option to them. >> thank you debbie. >> yeah. supervisors i'm sorry commissioner king i want to say you bring up a good idea find partnership and the department and the neighborhood program has in fact worked closely together with the job excavated with our

job environment and services it's a wonderful example of synergy you guys have that connection to the neighborhood sometimes we're out in the neighbors and it's a perfect example of where the power comes from so thank you for helping us do that. >> yes. eric. >> to start the partnerships and collaboration to learn and move forward. >> prayer by the chaplain. >> on that. >> it's maybe appropriate too because one of the things i've learned from eric the green initiate there weren't called initiates they were driven by the merchant to keep the streets clean and make sure there was places to put recycling and so

colleagues just before we go to public comment for your consideration commissioner gravanis caught a tip gravel error in our resolution and a language that's good pass this out for those who need a copy and for folks we're going to have public comment in a second but the idea was on page one lines 8 through 12 to acknowledge our environmental admission at the san francisco environment commission includes the sustainability of disproportionly clean initiates do we know that. >> we don't promote the condition ability of disproportionally vulnerable community we try to end the

problem of disproportionately polluted communities rather than sustain that problem. >> the reverse. >> commissioner gravanis what do you think. >> yes. i think it's bronchi. >> i hate to word smith and bore the audience the intent to make it clear the environmental justice and correcting the disproportionly way is an integral part of our commission it said not only it's environmental mission but also its mission to correct the disproportion thing we need to work on how we word it. >> all right. colleagues any

outlet questions or thoughts before we go to public comment. >> yes. i have, in fact, a question this is i really don't know if this is correct is it correct that the mission district now survivors from the worse health conditions among all san francisco neighborhoods and according to mit i don't know if those people knows what our talking about i'm kidding it was recorded in several publications including the san francisco aquarium that the report indicated this finding some folks seen it we were alarmed it raised a question what are redoing in investing in grant making and community partnership in the mission so i think that's really what in some